Mr. ZHAO Yan, originally trained as an ecologist, has more than ten years of experience
in science journalism. He has been awarded several prestigious international awards
for his outstanding contributions to Chinese science journalism. From 2003 to 2004,
he worked with Prof. Frank Burnet, Executive Director of Graphic Science at University
of the West of England and studied science communication as a senior visiting fellow
of Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2004, he received Reuters Journalism Fellowship
at Oxford University. In 2005 he was further awarded the Knight Science Journalism
Fellowship and received intensive professional training at MIT for a whole academic
year. Zhao Yan is the author of two popular books: Reality and Future of Genome
Research and The Virus: an Invisible Enemy published right after the outbreak of
SARS in 2003. Zhao Yan is one of the three founders of China Science Reporting Network,
(
http://www.sciencereporting.cn/)
a professional non-profit organization in China. He also helped to found the Climate
Change Journalist Club (
http://www.climatereporting.cn/English.aspx)
Email:
zhaoyan@stimes.cnPhone: 86-10-82616643
Address: B3 Zhongguancun Southern Road,
Haidian District, Beijing, 100190, China
Ms HE Jiao received her master degrees in English Literature from Peking University
and Comparative Literature from University of British Columbia, Canada, respectively.
After working in US for a few years as a financial specialist, she returned to China
and joined ScienceNet.cn in 2006. She fully participated in the design and launch
of ScienceNet.cn and has been in charge of the daily operation of the website since
2008. She has rich experiences with international organizations and companies. She
has represented ScienceNet.cn in many international conferences, forums and other
activities.
